Did you miss yesterday’s Open Mind program with John Tsilimparis, author of The Magic in the Tragic – Rewriting the Scrpt on Grief and Discovering Happiness in our Darkest Days  and Thomas Strouse, MD, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the inaugural holder of the Maddie Katz Chair in Palliative Care Research and Education?

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Good news—you can watch this program, along with all past Open Mind events, on the Friends of Semel YouTube channel. 

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Support The Open Mind

The Open Mind is a free educational community series that brings together leading voices from science and culture to explore timely and meaningful topics in mental health.

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If you’re able, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to help sustain this important program: HERE.

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Upcoming Open Mind Program

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
5:00 PM PT

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Join us for a conversation with Harold Koplewicz, MD, founder of the Child Mind Institute and author of Scaffold Parenting – Raising Resilient, Self-Reliant, and Secure Kids in an Age of Anxiety. Eraka Bath, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Assistant Dean, Faculty Initiatives, Office of Inclusive Excellence, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Vice Chair for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Psychiatry, Director, Child Forensic Services, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.

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Please register for this program HERE.